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Est-Her left his career as a professional ballet dancer to pursue music. His sophomore release ‘Last Minute Wedding’ was produced with French producer Porter Elvinger and arrives with a highly intense short film self-directed alongside Ram Accoumeh.

Speaking about his writing process, Est-Her explains,

“When I’m writing, I always have some film playing in the background. When I finish each track, I splice together these supercuts from either scenes of films that I love, or random clips I think best suits the song. For ‘Last Minute Wedding,’ I started compiling a ton of home movies of weddings taped on VHS, and sped them up to look like a flip book.”

London, alt-pop duo, Suns, have just dropped the brilliantly retro video for ‘Catalyse’.

Using traditional electronic sounds and sonic reverberations, you’d be fooled into thinking this band is straight out of the 80’s.

To celebrate its release, Suns have put together a pretty cool playlist for us.

Shura – What’s It Gonna Be?Okay, she was born in Manchester, but studied at UCL 😉 And I really like what she does.

AlunaGeorge – AutomaticLike the two step vibe. Very London.

Blood Orange – Best To YouThe first track to grab me on the new album. All twinkles and percussion it feels like summer despite the best efforts of the British weather.

SOHN – ArtificeLike a pop take Thom Yorke‘s solo stuff…

Seal – CrazyClassic. I remember my dad introducing me to Seal on the Portobello Road, so this feels particularly London to me. I don’t know him. Just met him once as a kid.

Kwabs – Wrong or RightStill feeling this track. That tone though! And Sohn on production… You can’t go wrong.

Deptford Goth – Two HeartsJust Beautiful.

Honne – Gone Are The DaysThey’re great. I love his drawl.

On Dead Waves – CaliforniaThe sound of an American summer direct from Kentish Town. I’ve been a fan of Polly Scattergood for years and this new record which she collaborates with James Chapman (Maps) sounds like a movie sound track. Great video too.

Bright Light Bright Light – All In The NameOriginally Welsh, but based and developed in London :-/ The Chorus is great on this song. It makes me think of ‘The Wiz’ for some reason. Haha. You believe he’s having fun with it anyway.

Berlin-based Ballet School is Irish Rosie Blair on vocals/guitar, Japanese-Brazilian Michel Collet on lead guitar and Louis McGuire on drums.

Blair and Collet met two years ago in Berlin when Blair heard Collet playing his guitar in the U-bahn. Sharing their love of the Cocteau-Twins, she immediately asked him to form a band. In 2012 they began collaborating with McGuire.

A mélange of ’80s pop and R’N’B is always at the forefront of the band’s agenda.

Shura (aka Aleksandra Denton) was born in London to a Russian actress and an English documentary filmmaker.

Her last (but unreleased) track ‘Touch’ gained 3 million hits on Soundcloud.

Her music can be described as a contemporary mix of twinkling, ‘Lucky-Star’-era Madonna with the bedroom-R&B grooves of Blood Orange, filtered through a haze of Balearic synths and swirling, Warpaint-inspired guitars.

Sísý Ey (pronounced See See Ay) was formed in 2011 by three sisters; Elin, Elisabet and Sigga. Their goal was to sing live house music, and with the help of DJ Oculus, their dream has become a reality.

Pat Grossi grew up in New Jersey and sang in the Philadelphia Boys Choir, but also had great interest in 80s alternative electronic bands, such as New Order.

Since forming Active Child, Grossi has been keeping busy. In 2010 Active Child released his first EP, ‘Curtis Lane’, via Merok Records. In 2011, Active Child’s debut album ‘You Are All I See’ was released via Vagrant Records.

We haven’t been fortunate to watch Active Child play live but we have it on good authority it is a show not to be missed. With a harp regularly at centre stage, Grossi is known for luring the audience into an electronic wander with his pitch perfect voice.

Recent collaborations under his belt include Mikky Ekko and the gorgeous Ellie Goulding. One track we have on repeat is ‘Feeling Is Gone’, which epitomises a beautiful and intimate 80’s throwback. Have a listen below:

The new EP, ‘Rapor’ was released via Sun Rooms Recordings on 18 October 2013 and can be purchased on iTunes here.